Familiarize yourself with the American Sign Language alphabet by navigating to the Start ASL Web site (see Resource 4). Doing this will be similar to when you learned the alphabet as a toddler. It should be a fairly quick process. Study the hand sign illustrations and practice signing the alphabet yourself several hours per day so you remember it.
Find an American Sign Language class in which to enroll at your local college or high school, hire a personal instructor or find a free Internet class where you can learn how to sign. Typical ASL classes cost about $200 per week at the beginner's level.
Practice signing as often as possible. Try communicating in ASL with any hearing-impaired or deaf friends, family members or colleagues who can help correct you and improve your skills.
Become familiar with the deaf culture. Hearing impaired and deaf individuals don't consider deafness to be a disability but a culture, much how ethnicity is viewed.